02 Apr 1891
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1891
Page
1
A San Francisco clergy gathering urged closing the fair on Sundays while the arrival of the third earl of som of the famous English er to visit the Lick Observatory is noted. Reports also mention treasury receipts, coal and wool market notes, and various diplomatic and political items.
The Strathairly struck off the North Carolina coast. Eleven of seventeen crewmen perished in a desperate effort to reach shore as lifesaving crews and local fisher folk fought towering surf to save survivors. Six men were rescued and cared for at Elizabeth City before returning home.
The New York World purportedly published a Parkerson letter claiming Mafia verdicts, lynching rhetoric, and vengeance plans in New Orleans. Parkerson denounces it as forgery and says he wrote nothing to the press. The grand jury probe and electric company records are cited as sensational angles with a Masonic temple cornerstone ceremony planned tonight.
The week saw 925 734 dollars in specie exports from New York led by 555 418 in gold and 75 129 in silver. Kansas reports rising women voter registration, 25 percent of 9 009 voters in Topeka, aided by colored women. The South shows industrial activity, Kansas City cattle market peaks, and a lot of forty nine shorthorn steers averaging 1.22 pounds sold for 5.05. Lynching of two colored men in Alabama. Salina farmers plan beet crops promising 20 tons per acre at 4 per ton. An Alabama carpenter fell 60 feet at a Birmingham church site, dying. Ex-State Treasoner Isaac Vincent faces likely pardon after embezzling 250 000. Weekly business failures total 236, down from 275 last week. Garton the San Francisco actress completes a New York walk wager in 226 days. Two rites passed in the Nicine's Legislature to compel voting or face jury-service penalties or fines.
New York Herald details a scheme by Cassie Brooks who posed as Helen Brewer widow to seize the late Loring A. Robertson’s estate. A reporter exposed her past in houses of ill fame, forcing abandonment of the will contest. The piece links a real Helen Brewer as a possible backer or accomplice and hints at a larger arch conspirator.
Mrs Mary B Cushing widow of Milton Buckingham died at her daughter Mrs E H Borton s home in St Louis of old age Born Salem Mass September 28 1807 she was a lineal descendant of John Alden and mother to four notable Cushings including Milton K H Cushing paymaster US Navy Luther Ward Cushing Col Alonzo Cushing and Commander W E H Cushing The body will lie in Mount Mora vault and in spring go to Fredonia New York to join the memorial lot where her four sons rest
Miss Myrtle Coats of Lansing aged about 15 committed suicide by poisoning the night before her planned marriage to Franke Conklin. A long letter admitting the act was found on her, but her parents refused to reveal its contents beyond broken funeral instructions. The community is stirred by the mystery and the abrupt tragedy on the eve of the wedding.
Gov Pattison of Feonsylvania will extradite James Hughes a Rochester New York sought for extortion and conspiracy. Papers were in proper form and writs will be issued for Hughes who is described as a grand garment cutter in Haxgareces Pa dated March 35.
A letter to the president from William Hoseaallouw, filed at the executive mansion, warns of a large foreign-born population loyal to foreign nations. It argues for stringent immigration inspection to prevent hostilities and calls for action in Washington to curb allegiance to other countries.
A conference in this city gathered prominent German manufacturers and others to discuss German representation at the Chicago World's Fair. They agree that Germany should send a commissioner with full powers to secure advantages for all exhibitors representing German industry. Interest runs high among manufacturers.
In New York on March 24 Mr Hepburn reports an apparent total loss of 13524572 dollars from all sources at the Washington National Bank of New York. Stockholders may receive a 56 percent dividend if figures prove accurate the first since the bank’s 3 dividend policy. Hepburn condemns the bank’s loose management more strongly than Sidell Tighmasdia.
March notes report seven inmates escaped from the Lunatic Asylum by boring through walls with an augur. One man supplied police with details before being recaptured. Listed convicts include Tathert, Fulks, Hedges, and others from Kemper, Montgomery, Chickasaw, Pike, and Lee counties. Rewards offered for recapture.
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